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SteveG:
How about this....

1) Create a smartlist with a limit of the size of your iPod.
2) Create a playlist called "iPod".
3) Whenever you are going to sync, delete all files in playlist iPod and send all files from the smartlist to the playlist.
4) Create smartlists based on the iPod playlist (you only need to do this one time)
5) Sync the  smatlists created in 4 to iPod.

I think this will do what you are after. Alternately, you could cut out steps 2 and 3 and create a playlist, but the files would not dynamically change.

tlongacre:
The problem with this is that I end up with no playlists on the iPod (well, or one). With a 40gb iPod, it's really hard to get around without playlists. Currently I have a mix of playlists and smartlists that I use to listen on the iPod, one of which is a basic "filler" smartlist of more recently ripped stuff. But I also include, for instance, my Favorites smartlist as well as a bunch of playlists I've created for various moods, reasons, etc.

I tried creating a smartlist with all the filters I wanted plus the play & smartlists I wanted. That created a perfect list of songs. But when I sync that with the iPod, all the play & smartlists INSIDE that list do not come over as playlists on the iPod (guess the iPod is not smart enough to detect them since they are in the definition of the smartlist).

right now I use that, and then also click on all those play & smartlists so I get the list -- but this either causes errors ('cause there are songs on the lists that are not compatible with the iPod) or I have to adjust the filler 'cause some stuff comes over that I don't want.

It's not the end of the world certainly. Just not quite as elegant as I would like (and as I am used to in working with MC).

SteveG:

--- Quote ---The problem with this is that I end up with no playlists on the iPod (well, or one).
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Create smartlists based on the one Playlist which limits the size and you will have mutliple smartlists on iPod.


--- Quote ---I tried creating a smartlist with all the filters I wanted....
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Great. After you do this, copy the files to a Playlist called iPod. Create all your playlists for iPod based on the Playlist (NOT the smartlist) called iPod and sync the smartlists you just created.

Steve

tlongacre:
Yes, I can see how that might work, but it's not as dynamic as I'd like. So it sounds like you are saying that I can create a smartlist based on a playlist but not a playlist based on a smartlist -- I thnk I tried that one time and realized I couldn't do it.

I'm sure there's a really good reason why, but what I'd really really like someday is the ability to created playlists based on a smartlist -- because the overarching limiters are dynamic (filetype, certain genres).

Should I hope for this happening someday or is it either impossible or too much work to be worth it?

SteveG:

--- Quote ---So it sounds like you are saying that I can create a smartlist based on a playlist but not a playlist based on a smartlist
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Not quite. You can do either, but in your specific example of trying to have a 'base' smartlist or playlist which limits size, you will need to use a playlist which does not dynamically recalculate the files as sub smartlists are populated.

The other solution is to create smartlists with size limitations that when added together do not exceed the available space of your player.

The change that would need to occur to make this work the way you would like it to would be pretty big. I do not think the gain outweighs the costs.

Steve

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